Old Filth

Preview

Failed to add items

Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.

Add to basket failed.

Please try again later

Add to wishlist failed.

Please try again later

Remove from wishlist failed.

Please try again later

Adding to library failed

Please try again

Follow podcast failed

Unfollow podcast failed

LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 Months Free + £10 Audible voucher

£5.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

Get this deal

Offer ends on 5 July 2026 at 11:59 BST.

More purchase options

Old Filth

By: Jane Gardam

Narrated by: Bill Wallace

Get this deal

£5.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends on 5 July 2026 at 11:59 BST. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £13.64

Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent 'home' from the East to be fostered and educated in England.

Jane Gardam's novel tells his story, from his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old age. In so doing, she not only encapsulates a whole period from the glory days of British Empire, through the Second World War, to the present and beyond, but also illuminates the complexities of the character known variously as Eddie, the Judge, Fevvers, Filth, Master of the Inner Temple, Teddy and Sir Edward Feathers.

Jane GardamBill WallaceLittle, Brown AudioOld Filth

Classics

Genre Fiction

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Psychological

Fiction

Emotionally Gripping

Heartfelt

Tear-jerking

Inspiring

Classics Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Fiction Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt Tear-jerking Inspiring

Continue the series

The Man in the Wooden Hat

By: Jane Gardam

Last Friends

By: Jane Gardam

Critic reviews

"A magnificent, deeply moving and compassionate portrait of an era and a sentimental education. Please read it." ( Daily Mail)

"Beautiful, vivid and defiantly funny." ( The Times)

Most relevant

A captivating little story, nicely observed. Gardam has the skill of looking in on her characters with a degree of detachment, which I found engaging. She has a rich sense of humour which makes the story very funny. Well crafted, credible. That said, I'm not tempted to listen to any other books of hers.